Switzerland

Switzerland is in shock over the brutal beating of five women, aged 22 to 33 in front of club Geneva’s Petit Palace. Two of the women are seriously injured; one was even left in a coma and is still in critical condition, Blick reports. The Geneva woman describes the alleged …

It is not only in Paris or Marseille that street harassment is rampant. It is the case in Switzerland, too, particularly in Lausanne, the capital of the canton of Vaud, which is currently led by a Mayor from the Socialist Party, Gregory Junod. In an attempt to crack down on …

Last weekend, seven young people from Zurich were attacked by a group of Afghans who were wielding broken bottles. Two 19-year-old Swiss were injured and taken to the hospital. An Afghan was arrested. Ivo F., the father of Tobias F., one of the young men who was wounded, reported, “A …

Geneva airport, dozens of Muslim passengers in traditional clothes had lined up on the floor to pray, facing Mecca. The Geneva airport is facing an embarrassing situation concerning practicing Muslims: some of its own baggage handlers. Thirty of them had had their tarmac access badge removed due to strong suspicions …

VIA Swissinfo Geneva has launched a programme to grant resident permits to illegal immigrants in Switzerland and combat unlawful work practices. It applies to several thousand people who have been living in Geneva for at least ten years, or five years in the case of families with school age children, …

Via LeNews.ch – Scabies, a disease also known as the seven year itch, has reappeared in Swiss schools. The contagious skin infection is cased by a mite and is spread through skin contact and occasionally by sharing clothes. In French it is called gale. In german it goes by the name …

Men, women, but even entire families from Eritrea live in temporary reception facilities in Switzerland. They can not be deported because theyr are "threatened with their life" in their country. But according to investigations of the Bazeler Zeitung (BaZ), many of them often travel back to their country using travel documents …

Cities in Switzerland are considering banning the distribution of the Koran in an attempt to crack down on radical Salafists proselytising on the streets. Swiss authorities have been pushed to act after the German government launched raids on 200 sites in a probe against Salafist group “The True Religion” on …

A parliamentarian from canton Ticino and a man from Bern were arrested on Thursday, accused of helping four young African migrants to illegally enter Switzerland’s southern canton from Italy. Lisa Bosia Mirra, who is a member of the Ticino cantonal parliament and the founder of a refugee support group Firdaus, …

A young Ethiopian asylum seeker has been convicted of manslaughter and sentenced by a court in Sweden today to psychiatric treatment and then be expelled for stabbing to death an educator in a young children refugee center. The young man, identified as Youssaf Khaliif Nuur, was indicted for murder …